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The drive by the National Post’s Ontario newsroom to unionize raises the question: Don’t they believe their own newspaper? Founder Conrad Black called public sector unions a “blight on our [...]

Many in the business community have condemned Ontario’s vast suite of proposed labour reforms – which include raising the minimum wage to $15 – but not all employers agree the outcome is [...]

Some in the business community have been quite vocal in their opposition to our proposed changes. They’ve said it is too much, too fast. But for those who keep falling behind, these changes can’t [...]

Canada is demanding that the new NAFTA includes a ban on so-called ‘right-to-work’ laws. Read more.

As it is written now, Bill 148 leaves many workers out, unprotected, without coverage and provides loopholes where employers can take advantage of workers. Without amendments, the bill will leave [...]

Among the most important facts to know about poverty is that almost all poor people work. But the employers for whom they work, constituting a huge portion of the total economy, do not pay them [...]

The Thunder Bay and District Labour Council and its affiliated unions marked this year’s Labour Day picnic with the launch of a new campaign, which is calling for prescription drug coverage for [...]

Whether they’re fighting for shorter work days or better wages, the labour movement has done more than just improve working conditions for ordinary people – by standing up to powerful [...]

More than a dozen of the former Wardens of Grey County wrote an open letter on Aug. 2 criticizing the current Grey County Council for voting to privatize long-term care. Read more.

On August 3, 2017, John Vanthof, MPP for Timiskaming-Cochrane, wrote an open letter to Premier Kathleen Wynne regarding the recent closure of the LCBO outlet in Larder Lake, which is about 35 [...]